The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-29
AN INTERESTING CONTEST
The Detroits Win the Opening Champi-
Onship Game Here by Close Score.
The indianapolis Club Plays Surprisingly
Well and Comes Near Winning-Three
Thousand People Witness the Game.

The champi onship season is fairly opened and
the fact that indianapolis has club capable OF
giving the crack mines of the League an interest
ing struggle for the mastery has been salts
factorily demo nstrated to the public; for, al
though the bet roits won, it was by such mar
row margin as to convince them that they will
have to play ball if they redeem the pledge of
Manager Watkins to quit the city with three
games to their credit. A WORSE day for ball
playing could n',t have been got out to order
by Old Probs without having prevented playing
entirely, for the wind blew gale. and chilled
both players aud spectators, and threatening
clouds from which the rain seemed ready to
drop at any moment conspired to keep hundreds
away from the park Notwithstanding the
forbidding aspect Of the skies. crowd
of fully three tn ousand people, raised their
voices and their hats and cheered tho members
OF the contesting clubs as they marched into the
ground behind the When band Both clubs were
becomingly uniform ed. the home nine in their
suits of bird'seg gcolored flannel, red stock
ings and striped caps. and the visitors in blue
trousers, white shirts and caps. and blue jackets
The umpire Mr.. Doescher, was fairly resplend-
emit in the regulation uniform of that important
dignitary, and the defeat of the local club can
not be attributed to any lack of Judgment or
faulty decision of his.
The rules in vogue this year prescribe that the
visiting club take the field at call of play, and
the first inning opened with Seery at the bat.
He led off with clean. sharp base hit to right
field, at which the crowd yelled vociferously, and
went to second a wild pitch. Gasscock
advanced him to third by well-timed
sacrifice hit, and Denny brought him home on
his fly to Thomson in right field. Shomberg
sent fine fly out to center, which Hanlon
neatly captured, and tho home clubs half of the
inning ended with one run to their credit. For
the visitors Dunlap led off. taking first on Shom
berg's tumble, and advancing to second on
Rowe's out from Boyle to Shomberg. Brouthers
sent him on to third by his warm hit to Shom
berg, on which he was retired, and Thompson
took the bat, only 20 go out on neat assist from
Glasscock to Shomberg. leaving Dunlap at third.
In the second. after McCteachy had been field
ed out by Baldwin and Brouthers, Bassett sent
the ball over Thompson's head for two bases,
reaching third on Whites muff of the ball, but
he got no nearer home, for Dunlap doubled him
up with Meyers, catching the latter's line hit
ahd making fine double play. In this inning,
berg, White and Hanlon made clean hits, but
they were left on bases, Bennett and Baldwin
failing to get to first
But for Cahill's poor base running, another
run might have been added for Indianapolis in
the third, he failing to run out Boyles sacrifice
after having reached first or called balls.
The visitors made their first score in this
inning. Dunlap getting his base on Bassetts
tumble, going to second on Ro&e's out from Bas-
sett to Shomberg. to third on a passed ball, and
crossing the plate on Brouthers's put-out from
Denny to Shomberg. Thompson retired the
side with a grounder to first They added an
other to their score and took the lead in the
fourth, CAMEL getting to first on another error
by Shomberg and to second on a sacrifice hit by
Hanlon to third on Shomberg's bad throw to
head him of at third, and crossing the plate a
wild pitch
The best work of the game for Indianapolis
made in the next inning by Myers and
Cahill who gave an exhibition of base running
that the other players would do well to initiate.
After two men were out Myers was given his
base on balls and promptly stole second, sliding
fully ten feet to get his base A fine hit by
Cahill brought him in and tied the score. While
Boyle was awaiting an opportunity to hit the
ball Cahill redeemed his poor base-running of the
former inning by stealing both second and third.
hut it awaited nothing Boyles out from Rowe to
Brouthers. leaving him at third.
Detroit again Went TO the front In the seventh,
.Hapon going TO first on balls. stealing both Sec
ond and third and scoring on another wild pitch.
In this inning McGeachy distinguished himself
by capturing long fly from Baldwin's bat, run
ming way back in left center for it and spelling
what at first appeared to be good for home run.
Dunlap followed with two.b base hit, but Rowe
again left him on base, going out from Bassett
to Shombere
Although Brouthers made long drive to right
for two bases in the eighth, nothing was added
to the score until the last inning when the
home club again set the crowd wild by rieing the
score. Glasscock led off with a base hit over
second, but went out with Denny on a double
play by Rowe, Dunlap and Brouthers. With
two men out, the Indianapolis clubs chances for
adding to their score seemed slender enough
but the spirits of the crowd went up little
when Shomberg followed with line hit to lef,
field, and rose still more perceptihly when Nc
Geachy duplicated the feat. Bassett next sen,
the ball into right field, bringing in Shombere
and sending McGeachy to third. The crowd
cheered itself hoarse, and Indianapolis stock
went mp with rush; but McGeachy was caugh,
between third and home and the half filming
ended with the game tie. 1t did not long re
main SO, however. for Bennett and Baldwin
made base hits, in their respective order, and
the former scored Rowe's hit to left field
ending the inning and the game. Following is
THE SCORE:
INDIANAPOLIS. DETROIT
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